High Blood Pressure Symptoms

Complications of High Blood Pressure

It is important to understand that high blood pressure can go unrecognized for years, not causing any recognizable symptoms of high blood pressure, but causing progressive damage nonetheless. The body structures that chronic high blood pressure affects most include the:
 
  • Blood vessels
  • Heart
  • Brain
  • Kidneys
  • Eyes.
     
The following types of organ damage are commonly seen in people with long-term high blood pressure:
 
(Click Effects of High Blood Pressure for more information on complications related to this disease.)
 
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Written by/reviewed by: Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
Last reviewed by: Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
 
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